Metallic car construction.



H. H. NIEMEYER, A. E. LBHMAN'& A. SINSKBY- METALLIC OAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 6,1008.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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'HERMAN I-I. NIEMEYER, ARTHUR E. LEHMANN, AND ADOLF SINSKEY, OF'ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI.

METALLIC CAR CONSTRUCTION.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed April 6, 1908. Serial No. 425,420.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERMAN H. NIE- MEYER, ARTHUR E. LEHMANN, and ADoLF SINsKEY, citizens of the United' States, and residents of St. Charles, St. Charles county, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Car Construction, of which the following is a speciiication containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. l

Our invention relates to a metallic car construction, and the object of our invention is to provide an improved metallic construction particularly adapted for sleeping cars, and in which construction great stability and rigidness are prime features; and which construction provides increased space between the seat partitions, which space is utilized for various purposes, such as for the storage of hand baggage, bedding, and the like.

A further object of our invention is to construct the seat partitions in single pieces, and to connect the same with the center sills, the seat sills, the side sills, the belt rails, and the stanchions or side posts in such a manner as to form practically a unitary structure, which forms a strut or truss between the center sills and the girders at the sides of the car to resist all vertical and lateral strain on the car body.

A further object of our invention is to so construct the stanchions or side posts as that the horizontal flanges, belt rails, or upper side sills of the car body project inward instead of outward, as in the present construction, thus enabling the use of continuous metal 'side posts or stanchions which extend from the side sills to the rough structure, and also permit the use of continuous metal belt rails.

To the above purposes, our invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the lower portion of a car body constructed inaccordance with our invention, and showing the upper side sill or belt rail, and lower side sills, the side plate thereon, the stanchions or side posts, and a portion of one of the center sills; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken transversely through one side of the car body between the seat partitions, and showing a portion of one of the seats; Fig. i is a vertical section taken longitudinally through the approximate center of the car body and showing the detailed construction of the movable seats and seat backs, and showing upper and lower berths made up; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the seat partitions, and showing its connection with one of the side posts or stanchions, the belt rail, and the side sill; and also showing a plate xed to the seat partition to form a pocket for the headboard.

rThe longitudinal center sills of our improved car comprise vertically disposed metallic plates l, to the lower ends of which are fixed in any suitable manner the vertical webs of angle bars 2, and secured to the upper edges of these plates, on the inside faces thereof, are angle bars 3. The center sills so constructed extend the entire length of the car and are connected at suitable intervals by the transversely disposed separator plates 4, the edges of which are fixed to the said center sills in any suitable manner. These separator plates l are so positioned as that they are in transverse alinenient with the seat partitions hereinafter described, and, together with said seat partitions, form a transverse truss between the side sills and the center sills.

The side sills of the car are constructed of heavy angle bars 5, which occupy approximately the saine horizontal plane as the angle bars 3 on the upper portions of the center sills; and arranged a suitable distance above the side sills 5 are belt rails 6, which are constructed of angle bars, the same being so arranged as that their horizontal flanges project inward; and connecting each pair of belt rails with the side sills are the vertically disposed side plates 7, which are each formed in one piece, and extend the entire length of the car body.

S designates the side posts or stanchions, which are preferably in the form of angle bars, and which are arranged at suitable distances apart throughout the entire length of the car body, and the lower portions of said side posts are fixed to the inner faces of the side plates 7; and at the point where said side posts pass the belt rails 6, said side posts are bent inward, as designated by 8a, which construction obviates any cutting and consequent weakening of the stanchions or side posts and belt rails; and as the horizontal flanges of said belt rails project inward instead of outward, provision is made for a perfectly smooth finish on the exterior of the sides of the car.

Brackets 9 are rigidly fixed to the horizontal flanges of the belt rails 6, and also to the outer faces of the side posts 8, immediatelyV above said belt rails, thus materially strengthening the connection between said side posts and belt rails.

Vertically disposed between the center sills and the side plates 7 are seat partitions 10, which are preferably constructed of single pieces of suitable sheet metal, and the outer edges of said partitions are rigidly fixed to the posts 8, and the lower portions of the inner edges of said partit-ions` being fixed in any suitable manner to the outer faces of the center sills.

Rigidly fixed to the lower edge of each seat partition and extending from the lower side sill to the lower portion of the center' sill is a brace, preferably in the form of an angle bar 11, which strengthens the lower portion of said seat partition; and fixed in any suitable manner to each partition is the lower end of a vertically disposed plate 12, which is of the same width as is said partition, and there being a narrow space 13 formed between said plate and partition, which forms a pocket for the pivoted head board, which is utilized for forming a partition between the compartments when the berths are made up. Fixed to the upper edges of each partition and plate 12 are reinforcing members, preferably in the form of angle bars 14, which form the tops of the seat backs, and between which is pivotally held the swinging head boards 15.

Y Fixed on top of the angle bars 3 is a center, or cover plate 16, preferably formed in a continuous piece, which forms a base for the car Hoor 17, of wood or analogous material; and connected to this plate 16 and to the inner edges of the partitions 10 and plates 12 are the seat ends 1S, which are formed of metal, either pressed or cast; and the space at the front of the pocket 13, between these seat ends, is closed by a narrow strip or door 19.

Seat frames 2O are positioned between the seat ends and the side plate 7 g and removably located on these seat frames are seat cushions 21. The spaces 22 beneath these seat frames are to be utilized for the storage of hand baggage, or the like, and the pockets or spaces 23 between said'seat frames and the seat partition are utilized for the storage of the mattresses, which form a part of the upper and lower berths.v These spaces or pockets 23 extend below the center ioor plate 16 and the side licor plates, and the lower ends of said spaces or pockets being closed by oor plates 241- fixed to the partitions 10, and to Z-shaped supporting bars 25.

Hinged to each angle bar 14 is a seat top rail or panel 26,V preferably constructed of l sheet metal by the hinges 26a; and hinged to each one of said rails by the hinges 2Gb is the upper end of a metal seat back frame 27 adapted to receive a se-at back cushion 27a, the lower end of which is normally positioned immediately behind the corresponding seat cushion 21.

Hinged to each plate 12 and the adjacent seat partition 10, and normally occupying the upper portions of the spaces between the seat back cushion 27a and said plates and partitions are metallic pockets 28,' which can be utilized for the storage of bedding during the daytime and for receiving wearing apparel when the berths are made up.

Pivotally arranged between the seat ends 18 and the side plates 7, immediately below the pockets 28, and behind the lower portions of the seat back cushions 27a are spring frames 29, which are adapted to swing outward into horizontal position to form the ends of the base ofthe lower berth. To form the upper berth, the hinged metallic frames 27 carrying the seat back cushions 27L are swung upward, as shown in Fig. 4, and vthe meeting ends of said metallic frames are locked together in any suitable manner.

In our improved construction of car bodies, the seat partitions 10 form end walls between the sections occupied by the seats and berths in the car; and as eachpartition is preferably formed in a single piece and is rigidly fixed to the sides of the car and-center sills, a very strong rigid construction is produced, which equalizes the weight of the upper portion of the Ycar on the side and center sills; and very eifectually resists any undue vertical or lateral strain on the car body.

rEhe various parts of the construction herein shown and described are readily formed from such material as can be easily obtained in any market, and require no special shapes or castings.

By bending the stanchions or side posts 8 inward at the point where the same meet the continuous belt rails 6, the horizontal flanges of said belt rails are projected inward, thus permitting' said belt rails and side sills to occupy the same vertical plane, and these-parts being connected by the plates 7 form girders for sides of the car.

- The side girders constructed as herein described are connected to one another at suitable distances by a trussed structure, consisting of the seat partitions 10, the center sills,

disposed plates ixed to the seat partitions, which plates are parallel with said partitions, and seat ends fixed to the inner portions of the vertically disposed plates and seat partitions. Y 16. In a metallic car construction, a plurality of center sills, a pair of side sills, a pair of belt rails, side plates xed to each corresponding pair of side sills, and belt rails, side posts fixed to the side plates, vertically disposed seat partitions fixed to the side posts and to the center sills, vertically disposed plates fixed to the seat partitions, which plates are parallel with said partitions, seat ends ixed to the inner portions of the vertically disposed plates and seat partit-ions, and seat back frames hinged to the tops of the plates and seat partitions, and adapted to be swung upward to form the base of the upper berth.

1T. ln a metallic car construction, the combination with a car body constructed with center sills, side sills and belt rails, the belt rails and side sills on each side of the car body being in vertical alinement, of continuous side posts fixed to the side sills and belt rails, and which side posts pass around the belt rails partitions fixed to the side posts which partitions conform to the bent side posts.

18. A metallic car body, constructed with center sills, side sills, belt rails arranged above the side' sills and in vertical alinement therewith, and continuous side posts fixed to the side sills and belt rails, and which side posts are bent inward at the point where they pass the belt rails partitions fixed to the posts and shaped to conform with the posts.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this speciiication, in presence of two subscribino' witnesses.

HEMAN H. NIEMEYER. ARTHUR E. LEHMANN. ADOLF SINSKEY. lVtnesses M. l). SMITH, E. L. VALLAGE. 

